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The mission of the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) is to provide
technology, methods, and information
to--and to facilitate communication among--decision-makers, resource managers, and the general public to help support effective science-based management of
harmful non-native species
in Hawaii and the Pacific.
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JAE biological invasions articles
The Journal of Applied Ecology is launching an online issue presenting the
(External)
20 most-cited papers
published by the Journal of Applied Ecology in the last 5 years in the field of biological invasions. [
more...
]
Webmaster's pick archives
All previous postings to the HEAR Webmaster's Pick are available online.
Featured species
Ohia rust
ohia rust (Puccinia psidii) on ohia (Metrosideros polymorpha)
Ohia rust
(
Puccinia psidii
) is HEAR's featured species because of its potentially devastating effects on
ohia
, a widespread dominant tree of native ecosystems in Hawaii.
Most popular
A summary of
recently-added/updated taxa
on the HEAR website is now available online.
(External)
Report a pest! Call 643-PEST (7378) from anywhere in Hawaii.
To
report a pest
, call
643-PEST
(7378) toll-free from anywhere in Hawaii!
[ (External)
more info...
]
News phlash!
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Litle fire ant found on Maui
The little fire ant (LFA) (
Wasmannia auropunctata
) was found on Maui...
[
more
]
(External)
Farmers outraged: proposed layoffs may bury an industry
"A meeting at the State Capitol last Thursday drew testimony from dozens of people concerned about how planned layoffs of more than 50 state agricultural inspectors will impact Hawaii’s export industry...."
[
more
]
News phlash archives
Archival HEAR news phlashes
(all previous postings to this section) are also available online.
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The
Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR)
is currently funded by the
Pacific Basin Information Node
(
PBIN
) of the
National Biological Information Infrastructure
(
NBII
) through
PIERC
(
(External)
USGS
) with support from (External)
HCSU
( (External)
UH-Hilo
).
Historically, HEAR has also received funding and/or support from (External)
PCSU
( (External)
UH
) and (External)
HALE
( (External)
NPS
).
More details
are available online.
Pacific Basin Information Node (PBIN)
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Links to non-USGS sites:
This website contains numerous links to data and information on the Web.
Links and pointers to non-USGS sites are provided for information only and do not constitute endorsement, express or implied, by the USGS, NBII, its partner agencies, or the U.S. Government, of the referenced organizations, their suitability, content, products, or services, whether they are governmental, educational, or commercial.
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This page was created 27 May 1997 by
PT
, and was last updated on
03 November 2009
by
PT
.
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